Emergency-horseshoe.



J. o. BBLIL-EP & A. 11o-TH.

i EMERGENCY HORSESHOB. APPLIOATION FILED APR. NH1909- 925,982. PatentedJune 22, 1909.

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I EMERGENCY HORSESHOE APPLICATION FILED APB. 26. 1909.

' Patented June 22, 1909.

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`TOHN C. BELLOFF AND ANTON ROTH, OF NEW BRUNSWLOK, NEW JERSEY.

EMERGENCY-HORSESHOE Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led April 26, 1909.

Patented June 2.2, 1909.

Serial No. 492,362.

letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in emergencyhorse-shoes adapted to be attached to the ordinary shoe of a horse whenthe calks become worn, and comprises various details of construction,combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then specifically defined in the api pended claims.

Our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a perspective view showing the device as applied to the hoofof an animal.- Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective View of the devicedetached. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 9.. Fig. -Ll isa detail view showing the hinged connection of one of the straps of thesection of the shoe, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig.l.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings, by letters, Aand A designate two complemental sections of the shoe, having pivotalconnection at B and calks C have shank portions extending throughapertures in said sections and are held by means of screws, pins orother suitable ineans. Each of said sections is recessed away as at Dand two lugs c project from said recess and are adapted to be bent overand engage a rib c upon the under surface of the shoe section. Ee-Edesignate straps, each of which has a shoulder E adapted to engage theupper surface of one of the shoe sections and each is provided withapertures F in which said lugs pass, thus forming a hinged connectionbetween the strap and the shoe section. Each of said straps haspivotally connected thereto a stirrup-shaped member G with hooks G', andH and H designate spherical shaped members having bosses or bearing lugsN projecting therefrom at points diametrieally opposite and adapted tohave bearings in the hooks in said stirrup-shaped members. The memberl-l has an aperture therein which is nnthreaded, while the member ll hasa similar aperture but which is threaded, the two apertures being inalinement one with the other', and Q designates a screw passing looselythrough the member H and having threaded connection with the aperture inthe member H. The screw Q, has a head. A pin J projects through anaperture in the shank of said screw and is adapted to engage recesses Lformed in the member H and serves to prevent the screw from loosening.ln order to protect the hoof of the animal from directcontact with themetal of said strap, leather strips T are fastened to the inner surfacesthereof which come in direct contact with the hoof. Upon the marginaledge of each of said sections is a flange lt and lugs R project fromsaid flange and are adapted to engage over the edge of a horse-shoefastened to the hoof of an animal.

ln applying the device, the two sections A. and A are made to engage thehorse-shoe in the manner shown, the two straps passed about the hoof ofthe animal and the studs upon said spherical-shaped members made toengage the hooks in said stirrup members, after which the screw istightened, drawing` the two straps together so that they willfrictionally engage the hoof of tlv animal, thus making a simple andetlicient device which may be readily applied to or removed from thehoof of an animal for emergency purposes.

That we claim to be new is:-

l. An attachment for horse-shoes, comprising sections hinged together'and provided with calks, the outer edge of each of said sections havingrecesses therein, hooks projecting from said recesses, straps hinged tosaid hooks, means for drawingl the free ends of the straps together toclamp and hold the sections upon the hoof of an animal, as set forth.

2. An attachment for horse-shoes, comprising sections hinged togetherand provided with calks, the outer edge of each of said sections havingrecesses therein, hooks projectingl from said recesses, the undersurface of each of said sections having a rib against the ends of whichsaid hooks engage, straps having apertures for the reception of saidhooks and forming a hinged connection, and means for drawing the freeends of the strap frictionally against the hoof of an animal, as setforth.

3. An attachment for horse-shoes, comprising sections hinged togetherand provided with calks, the outer edge of each of said sections havingrecesses therein, hooks projecting from said recesses, the under surfaceof each of said sections having a rib against the ends of which saidhooks engage, straps having apertures for the reception of said hooksand forming a hinged connection, a pivotal stirrup-shaped member mountedupon each of said straps and having hooked ends, screw receiving membershaving oppositely extending studs having bearings in said hooked ends ofthe stirrup-shaped members, and a screw passing through said members, asset forth.

4. An attachment for horse-shoes, comprising sections hinged togetherand provided with calls, the outer edge of each of said sections havingrecesses therein, hooks projecting from said recesses, the under surfaceof each of said sections having a rib against the ends of which saidhooks engage, straps having apertures for the reception of said hooksand forming a hinged connection, each of said straps having a laterallyprojecting portion adapted to swing over the upper edge of the section,each of said straps being adapted to contact with the inner ends of therecesses to limit the throw of the straps in one direction, and meansfor drawing the ends of the straps together, as set forth.

5. An attachment for horse-shoes comprising two sections hinged togetherand provided with callrs, a flange about the inner marginal edge of eachof said sections, outwardly turned lugs projecting from said flange, theopposite edge of each section being recessed, hooks projecting from saidrece'sses and spaced apart, straps hinged to said hooks, a rib upon theunder surface of each section against which said hooks contact, andmeans for drawing the straps toward each other, as set forth.

ln testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses. JOHN C. BELLOFF. ANTON ROTH. Witnesses VALTER D. VANSICKLE, H. C. MEAGHER.

